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Another great Live Album By Dickey Betts! May 04, 2008
First of all, don't let the "Bootleg" in the title scare you off. The sound quality is excellent.
This is a great live album, similar to the DVD and the Instant Live release (I do recommend those two over this one), with pretty much the same set list, heavy on ABB standards, which is not a bad thing.
No surprises will be found here, just a lot of great soloing and jamming, as expected. While Jerry Garcia chops where severely diminished over time, Betts has remained the Jam band guitar king!
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3.5 Stars here Apr 06, 2008
I have been seeing Dickey Betts with and without the Allman Brothers since 1975 and I've seen a good number of his shows over the years. Sadly, this isn't his best work although Dickey Betts on an off night is still very worthwhile.
The main difference is that Betts hardly sings at all here- 3 songs are instrumentals and of the remaining 7 cuts, other band numbers are either singing lead or drowning out Betts with their harmony vocals. There's not much evidence on these discs that there's much left in his voice after 4 decades on the road. As to the band, it's solid with good bass playing and drums. With 3 guitarists, it's hard to tell who is playing when but I do think the playing was a shade better with just Betts and Dan Toler. Vocals are not the set's strongest suit although te female vocalist isn't bad.
As to the song selection, 9 of the songs are Allman Brothers standards with just one solo cut (Good Time Feeling, which is very good.) Although very good, these are not the best versions you'll hear on most of these songs. The set would have benifitted from including more rare songs and not just songs with many live versions already available. Including the "standards" only serves to higlight the fact that Betts has done these songs better in his past. For a better recent live set, I would check his Instant Live Set.
 Great music!!! Mar 05, 2008
This album is great. It's not perfect, but no live album should be. It has amazing versions of High Falls and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, and Back Where it All Begins. If there is any drawback to this cd, it could be that Seven Turns is not very strong, but again, this is a live cd, worts and all. Still well worth the $25! Betts fan for life!!!
Another great! Feb 22, 2008
Wondeful songs. Dicket Betts is one of the best musicians of our times. His sound is unigue. Really good quality for a live recording. Young kids that get turned on to Dicky Betts during Kid Rock shows in 2008, gather round the campfire and listen. This is where it all began.
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Best Betts Dec 02, 2007
This is a creat CD . Betts finally has a band behind him. I like Dan Toler but this cd shows what was missing. I love Betts but have always been dissapointed in his solo work. Not this time, this is a keeper and hopefully a taste of things to come.
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